Season 4, Episode 7

October 11, 2025

Today’s book: GoTell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose

Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.

Guest Links:

Ty Allan Jackson

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ty_allan_jackson/

Website: https://tyallanjackson.com/

Books: https://tyallanjackson.com/shop/

Fly Messias

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flyinhd/

Previous collaborations:

The Birth of a Nation(1915) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan and guests Fly & Tony Holt Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7gXeIBxD0

Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guestsFly, Tony Holt Jr., and Spider-Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/

https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd

Video Producer: JP Butler

Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan

Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video versionat

https://youtu.be/ZVnzPMr-T24